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Show 1902.] MR. H. R. HOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. 427 The mandibles are long and stout. The abdomen is oval, but the specimen is dried and it is stuffed with wool, and so the epigyne is destroyed. It is rather closely covered with thick short hair. The leys are very stout, and altogether it is a formidable species. Text-fig. 87. Neosparassus thoracicus, 9 • A, eyes; B, profile. Measurements in millimetres. Cephalothorax Abdomen ...... Mandibles...... Legs Palpi Long. Broad. 18 f 10 { 16 22 17 8 Pat. & Metat. Coxae. Tr. & fem. tib. & tars. 1. 6 17 22 20 = 65 2. 6 18 23 21 - 68 3. H 15* 16i 141 = 52 4. k i2 16 17" 17" = 551 7 81 6 = 25' One dried female in Brit. Mus. from N. Australia. N eospar assus m a c il en tu s (L. Koch). Heteropoda macilenta L. Koch, Arach. Austr. vol. ii. p. 711. One female from Bowen. L. Koch thinks this should possibly be included in the genus Isopeda. N eospar assus p a l l id u s (L. Koch). Heteropoda pallida L. Koch, loc. cit. p. /13. One male from Peak Downs. |